JHN Foundation

Jo Howarth Noonan Foundation for the Performing Arts. Celebrating women, wisdom, possibility. Expanding roles for older women in theater, building community.

[JHN Foundation @MoJoFest]

Sorry to report that we must postpone our September 10 MoJo Fest. Will share new details soon.

[Bette Davis Estate @_BetteDavis]

60 years ago, #BetteDavis (more affable than rumor would have it) placed this iconic ad in @Variety.

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[Atlanta Business Chronicle @AtlBizChron]

The founding executive director of the Georgia Film Academy is leaving his post to start a management company for writers and content creators, a long missing piece in the state’s ballooning film industry. https://t.co/LBBGgHMbg2

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Joni Mitchell made a surprise appearance at the Newport Folk Festival, performing her first full set in about two decades.

The 78-year-old singer-songwriter, who has seldom appeared in public in recent years, played some of her most iconic songs. https://t.co/estISuWmt9

[Alliance Theatre @alliancetheatre]

After 21 years as Alliance Theatre’s Artistic Director, Susan V. Booth will leave the Alliance to become Artistic Director of Chicago’s Goodman Theatre. Read the full announcement here: https://t.co/PnoO0mOW4q (Photo by joe mazza)

[Michael Paulson @MichaelPaulson]

The Tony Awards are Sunday, and today is the deadline for voters to cast their ballots. What shows and performers are likely to do best? Here are my predictions, based on talking to many, many voters: https://t.co/gbh320jE9h

[JHN Foundation @MoJoFest]

SAVE THE DATE! We're excited to announce that MoJo Fest will return on Sept. 10, at Synchronicity Theatre in Midtown Atlanta. Please join us for a day of networking, panels, workshops - and newly commissioned short works!

[The Lillys @thelillysorg]

Visit https://t.co/LdPbpB3N81 for tickets.
Join us on June 13, 2022 @ 6:30 p.m. @Lynnbrooklyn, @blkplaywright & Lisa Kron will be speaking about activism, theater and the legacy of Lorraine Hansberry. @MuseumofCityNY #lorrainehansberry

[JHN Foundation @MoJoFest]

SAVE THE DATE! We're excited to announce that MoJo Fest will return on Sept. 10, at Synchronicity Theatre in Midtown Atlanta. Please join us for a day of networking, panels, workshops - and newly commissioned short works!

[The Lillys @thelillysorg]

2022 Lilly Award Winners Announced @BroadwayWorld https://t.co/AhTTmvuAPE

[JHN Foundation @MoJoFest]

@OnTheSuperFly @photojack @Mobile_Creators Wrong tag

[JHN Foundation @MoJoFest]

@photojack @GlenBMulcahy Wrong tag.

[Times Politics @timespolitics]

“It has got better since I started out — I mean, parts for older women in Hollywood were mostly for tough businesswomen or weeping mothers — but there is no reason for women to become sexless lumps at a certain age.”

Read the full interview: https://t.co/jxgjcVzAAL

[Variety @Variety]

"I am so so sad to lose my friend Steve Sondheim," says Bernadette Peters. "He gave me so much to sing about." https://t.co/dUKGOtejk2

[JHN Foundation @MoJoFest]

@photojack @GlenBMulcahy Wrong mojofest tag.

[JHN Foundation @MoJoFest]

@OnTheSuperFly @Shoulderpod @freeflysystems @FiLMiCPro Wrong MojoFest tag

[JHN Foundation @MoJoFest]

We look forward to once again being a positive contributor to this remarkably talented and generous community. Thank you!

[JHN Foundation @MoJoFest]

What are the biggest needs? And who are the partners, individual and institutional, that we can work with to address them?
We are grateful to the many people who have contributed time and talent and energy and resources since our founding.

[JHN Foundation @MoJoFest]

In the coming weeks, we'll begin the process of checking in with members of the community, itself in the process of resuming and restarting, to listen to how we can be of service. What if anything has changed in fundamental ways? Are there areas of progress?

[JHN Foundation @MoJoFest]

It's been almost 2 years since we last were able to plan and present a MoJo Fest or other activities to further our mission, but now it's time to resume - and, in some ways, restart - the work of our Foundation.

[JHN Foundation @MoJoFest]

And what a different world we awoke to THIS morning! Between the tumult of social change and politics, and the devastating pandemic, much has changed in the arts world and the world we all inhabit.

[JHN Foundation @MoJoFest]

Six years ago today, we awoke to a world without our namesake Jo Howarth Noonan. Only days later was born the central idea for our Foundation: Creating more and better opportunities for older women in theater.